Ricky Rubio had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for Utah’s first playoff triple-double in 17 years, and Donovan Mitchell added 22 points to lead the Jazz to a 115-102 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder and a 2-1 lead in their first-round series. Joe Ingles, who had 21 points, made two 3-pointers around two free throws to spark a 13-0 surge that ended on Mitchell’s 3 to put Utah up by 20 points in the fourth quarter. Paul George scored 23 points to lead the Thunder.

Donovan Mitchell scored 13 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter to help the Utah Jazz defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 102-95 and tie their Western Conference playoff series at one win apiece. Derrick Favors had career playoff highs of 20 points and 16 rebounds. Ricky Rubio had 22 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the first playoff win of his seven-year career. Russell Westbrook had 19 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds for the Thunder.

Thunder forward Paul George is questionable for Game 2 against the Utah Jazz with a right hip contusion. George was injured during Oklahoma City’s 116-108 win in Game 1. He scored 36 points in the opener and set an Oklahoma City playoff record with eight 3-pointers. Utah rookie guard Donovan Mitchell is questionable with a left foot contusion.

Strong winds are fueling more than two dozen wildfires burning across Oklahoma and Texas.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook became the first player to average a triple-double in more than one season. He entered the regular-season finale against the Memphis Grizzlies needing 16 rebounds to achieve the milestone. He finished with a career-high 20 rebounds in a 137-123 win. Westbrook finished the season with averages of 25.4 points, 10.1 rebounds and 10.3 assists.

Carmelo Anthony has been his team’s No. 1 option for most of his basketball career. The Oklahoma City Thunder forward is one of the top 20 scorers in NBA history. Now, he’s 33 years old, no longer in his prime. He’s Oklahoma City’s third leading scorer behind Russell Westbrook and Paul George, averaging a career-low 16.2 points. He has had to figure out how to make his skill set work in OKC’s system. At times, he seems to the fourth option behind Steven Adams.

Paul George scored 27 points, Russell Westbrook got his 25th triple-double of the season and the Oklahoma City Thunder clinched a playoff spot with a 115-93 win over the Miami Heat on Monday night.

Russell Westbrook and Paul George each scored 24 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder used a timely fourth-quarter run to pull away for a 108-102 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night.

Emergency officials in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas are bracing for two types of disasters as spring gets into full swing: The start of what’s historically the most active time of year for tornadoes plus wildfire threats brought on by severe drought.

The Oklahoma City Zoo says an 18-year-old African lioness that mysteriously sprouted a mane last year has died.

When Oklahoma Republicans finally passed a massive tax hike for hundreds of millions of new dollars for public schools and teacher pay raises, they thought they would get a thank you.

A teacher rebellion in red states from West Virginia to Arizona has put Republicans on the defensive, forcing them to walk a fine line in the months before midterm elections between placating constituents who are angry over education cuts and conservative supporters who want a smaller government and low taxes.

Thousands of Oklahoma teachers are expected to descend on the state Capitol Monday to demand lawmakers approve more education funding just days after the Legislature did just that.

The mane that Bridget the lioness mysteriously started growing in 2017 looked more like a scruffy beard compared to the wild blowouts sported by the kings of the jungle. But, still, it struck the Oklahoma City Zoo and Bridget’s fans as quite odd.

Oklahoma star Trae Young is leaving for the NBA after a standout freshman season that ended with him leading the nation in scoring and assists. The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 27.4 points and 8.7 assists this season, and many projections have him going early in the first round of the NBA draft. Young says he knows he is not yet ready for the NBA but will work hard. He closed the season with 28 points and seven assists in an overtime loss to Rhode Island in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

TORONTO – Russell Westbrook had 37 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for his fifth straight triple-double, Steven Adams scored 25 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Raptors 132-125 on Sunday, snapping Toronto’s winning streak at 11. Paul George scored 22 points and Carmelo Anthony had 15 as the Thunder extended their winning streak to six.

Freshman Jaden Hobbs scored a career-high 27 points, Loryn Goodwin and Kaylee Jensen added 19 and No. 9 seed Oklahoma State beat No. 8 Syracuse 84-57 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The 5-foot-8 Hobbs made 8 of 9 3-point attempts, blowing the game open single-handedly by making four 3-pointers in quick succession late in the third quarter